Bug 1369497

Summary: Firefox: Denial-of-service via crafted SVG image
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Andrej Nemec <anemec>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: jhorak, security-response-team, stransky
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Description Andrej Nemec 2016-08-23 14:58:55 UTC
A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox. Loading a crafted SVG image will cause Firefox to consume all system memory before the system kills it.

Upstream issue:

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1297206

Comment 1 Andrej Nemec 2016-08-23 14:59:00 UTC
Acknowledgments:

Name: Gustavo Grieco

Comment 3 Martin Stransky 2016-08-24 06:46:54 UTC
This is not a security issue.

Comment 4 Martin Stransky 2016-08-24 06:47:14 UTC
And it's public.

Comment 5 Andrej Nemec 2016-08-24 07:32:47 UTC
Upstream does not consider this for a security issue.

Comment 6 Adam Mariš 2016-10-07 09:53:29 UTC
CVE request:

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q4/48